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Two Cheers for Maurizio Cattelan
For H.B. Just now I see in the news that a previously little known, rarely seen portrait by Caravaggio has reappeared in ...
Maurizio Cattelan's 'Banana' Sells for Over $6 Million: A Look at the Controversial Artist's Career
The 'Banana' hanging on the wall (titled 'Comedian') by Maurizio Cattelan was recently sold in New York for over 6 million ...
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Cattelan’s $6.2 Million Banana Boosts an Otherwise Uneven Auction Night at Sotheby’s
Sotheby's contemporary evening sale pulled in a total of $112.3 million. The result is 64 percent less than the same sales ...
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Meet Maurizio Cattelan, the Artist That Sold a Banana for USD 6 Million
He’s been an artist for many years but made waves once again for a piece that sold this month. Meet Italian artist Maurizio ...
Who’s Laughing Now? Banana-as-Art Sells for $6.2 Million at Sotheby’s
A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were ...
Why so appealing? A banana’s back story.
The spectacle Wednesday evening, when a Sotheby’s auctioneer in New York warned potential bidders not to let Maurizio ...
NYC fruit vendor, 74, who sold banana devastated after it became viral $6.2M artwork: ‘I am a poor man’
I am a poor man. I have never had this kind of money; I have never seen this kind of money … Do they not know what a banana ...
Edible art buyer devours 'taped banana' worth $6.2 millions
Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun ate a banana from the $6.2 million 'Comedian' art installation by Maurizio Cattelan, ...